10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning (FB, GOOG)

Friday

Apr 4, 2014 at 9:01 AM

Jay Yarow

Good morning! The news:

Nest, the company Google bought for $3.2 billion, is halting sales of its Internet-connected smoke detector because of a bug in the software. The Nest Protect, as it's called, allows you to wave at it to silence it, but waving at it was turning it off altogether.
Mozilla's CEO Brendan Eich is resigning after a week of controversy about his support for anti-gay-marriage legislation.
Fake meat now tastes almost as good as the real thing and venture capitalists who normally focus on technology are investing in these meat replacement startups.
This is an in-depth explanation how Facebook's News Feed works for publishers. A lot of brands have been complaining that their organic reach has dropped.
The average age of a founder of a billion dollar startup at the time of founding the company is 31. There's been a big debate about whether Silicon Valley is biased towards youth, and this seems to confirm it, unless you think 30 is old.
There were rumors floating around that Facebook tried to buy anonymous chatting app Secret for $100 million, but those rumors are false. However, Facebook is trying to figure out how to do something with anonymity.
Keith Rabois, a VC at Khosla Ventures, and ex-COO at Square, is co-founding a startup on the side that makes it easier to sell your house.
Meet the woman behind the first icons from Apple.
Dropbox promoted Sujay Jaswa to CFO, which is a crucial role as the company heads towards an IPO.
Here's everything you need to know about the iPhone 6.

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